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 1. Schmidt M, Bakker R, Hilgetag CC, Diesmann M & van Albada SJ
    Multi-scale account of the network structure of macaque visual cortex
-   Brain Structure and Function (2018), 223:1409 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1554-4](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1554-4)
+   Brain Structure and Function (2018), 223: 1409 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1554-4](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1554-4)
 
 2. Schuecker J, Schmidt M, van Albada SJ, Diesmann M & Helias M (2017)
    Fundamental Activity Constraints Lead to Specific Interpretations of the Connectome.
-   PLOS Computational Biology, 13(2). [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005179](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005179)
+   PLOS Computational Biology, 13(2): e1005179. [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005179](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005179)
 
-3. Schmidt M, Bakker R, Shen K, Bezgin B, Diesmann M & van Albada SJ (2018)
+3. Schmidt M, Bakker R, Shen K, Bezgin B, Diesmann M & van Albada SJ (accepted)
    A multi-scale layer-resolved spiking network model of
-   resting-state dynamics in macaque cortex. PLOS Computational Biology (accepted)
+   resting-state dynamics in macaque cortex. PLOS Computational Biology, 14(9): e1006359.
 
 The code in this repository is self-contained and allows one to
 reproduce the results of all three papers.